GLOSSARY. 373 



derms, etc.), ond sometimes having a special canal -system for its conduction 



(chylaqueous canals). 

 Chyle {Gr. chulos^ juice). The milky fluid which is the result of the action 



of the various digestive fluids upon the food. 

 Chy-lif'ic (Gr. chulos^ juice [cbyluj ; and Lat. facio^ I make). Producing 



chyle. Applied to one of the stomachs, when more than one is present"! 



The word is of mongrel origin ; and " cliylopoetic" is more correct. 

 Chyme (Gr. chumos^ juice). The acid, pasty fluid produced by the action cf 



the gastric juice upon the food. 

 (^HYME-MAss. The Central, semi-fluid sarcode in the interior of an Infusoria ii, 

 ■:Jil'i-a (Lat. cillum^ an eyelash). Microscopic, hair-like filaments, which 



hare tiie power of lashing backward and forward, thus creating currents in 



the surrounding or contiguous fluid, or subserving locomotion in the animal 



which possesses them. 

 Cil-i-o-gra'ua (Lat. ciUum/and gi^adlor^ I walk). Synonymous with Cteno- 



■phora^ an order of Actinozoa. 

 Cm'cLi-DE3 (Gr. higklis^ a latticed Special apertures in the column-walls of 



some Sea-anemones {Acth-.ia}^ whie'h probably serve for tiie emission of 



tlie cord-like " craspeda." 

 Cir'ri (Lat. citvus^ a curl). Tendril-like appendages, such as the feet of 



Barnacles and Acorn-shells {Clrripedei^)^ the lateral proces:ses on tlie arms 



oi Brachiopoda., etc. 

 Cir-kif'er-ou3 or Cik-rtg'er-ous. Carrying cirri. 

 CiR-Ri-PE'niA, Cir-rhi-pe'di-a, or CiR-RHOp'o-DA(Lat. cirrus, a curl; and/?^5, a 



foot). A sub-class of Crustacea with curled jointed feet. 

 Cir-ros'to-mi (Lat. cirrus, a tendril; Gr. sto/na^ mouth). Sometimes used to 



designate the Phari/ngohranchii. 

 Cla-doc'e-ra (Gr, klados, a branch; k(ras, a horn). An order of Crtt-dacea 



with branched antenna;. 

 Cla'vate (Lat. clavus^ a club). Club-shaped. 

 Clav'i-cle (Lat. clavicula^ a little key). The "collar-bone," forming one of 



the elements of the pectoral arch of Vertebrates. 

 Clo-a'ca (Lat. for a sink). The cavity into which the iutestinfd canal and 



the ducts of the generative and urinary organs open in common, in some 



Invertebrates (e. g.^ in Insects), and also in many Vertebrate animals. 

 Clyp'e-i-form (Lat. c/^jjj^^/s, a shield ; and/brma, shape). Shield-shaped; 



applied, for example, to the carapace of the King-crab. 

 Cni'd^e (Gr. hnide, a nettle). The urticating cells, or " thread-cells," where- 

 by many dxltnterate animals obtain their power of stinging. 

 Coc'oo-LiTns (Gr. kokkos^a berry; ^iYAos, stone). Minute ovul or rounded 



bodies, which are found either free or attached to the suj-faee of cocco- 



spheres. 

 Coc'go-spheres (Gr. kokhos ; and sphaira^ a sphere). Spherical masses of sar- 



code, enclosed in a delicate calcareous envelope, and bearing coccollths 



upon their external surface. Both coccospheres and coccoliths are era- 

 bedded in a diffused plasmodium of sarcode, the whole con-stitutiug a low 



Rhizopodlc organism. 

 Coc-cyg'e-al. Connected with the coccyx. 

 Coc'cYX (Gr. kokknx^ a cuckoo). The terminal portion of the spinal column 



in man, so called from its resemblance to a cuckoo's beak. 

 Oo-coon' (French covon, the cocoon of the silk-worm ; connected with Fr. 



coque, shell, which is derived from the Lat. concha). The outer covering 



of silky hairs with which the pupa or chrysalis of many insects is protected. 

 Co-do-nos'to-ma (Gr. kodon, a bell; stovia, mouth). The aperture or mouth 



of the disc (nechocalyx) of a Medusa, or of the bell 'gonocalyx; of a racdusi- 



form gonophore. 

 C(e-lejn'-te-ra'ta ( Gr. koilos, hollow ; enteron, the bowel ). The sub-kingdom 



which comprises the Hydrozoa and AcUnozoa. Proposed by Frey and 



Leuckhart in place of the old term Eadiata, which included other animala 



as well. 

 C(E-nen'ohy-ma (Gr. koinos, Qommow; egchuma, t\&&U(i). The common cal* 



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